Journalist Arif Balouch, 48, poses for a photograph with his 1980 model Vespa scooter in Karachi, Pakistan, March 2, 2018. "For me, a Vespa scooter is like a family tradition. My father used to ride this and I myself find this very good as it has two separate comfortable seats which is uncommon, it has a compartment to keep things which is also uncommon and for safety it guards your knees during accidents. I would say it's the BMW of scooters," Balouch said. AKHTAR SOOMRO/REUTERS

Journalist Nazeer Udding Siddiqui, 58, poses for a photograph with his 1979 model Vespa scooter in Karachi, Pakistan March 6, 2018. "My father used to work for Khwaja Auto as a manager and they were the only distributers of Vespa scooters. For me, people who own Vespas are very honourable people who still keep this tradition alive," Siddiqui said. AKHTAR SOOMRO/REUTERS

Akram (C) applies coating on Vespa scooter parts, as he chats with owners of Vespa scooters Farrukh Shahbaz (L) and Matiur Rehman outside his workshop in Karachi, Pakistan February 24, 2018. Shahbaz, who, 14 years ago, inherited his father's blue 1961 Vespa, has had to have the scooter repaired three times, but he cherishes the memory and love his father had for the machine. "My father told me it came packed in a wooden box," said Shahbaz, 50. AKHTAR SOOMRO/REUTERS